Stefan Szyller
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|09|04}}
| birth_place = Warsaw
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|06|22|1857|09|04}}
| death_place = Kutno
| known_for = Architecture
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Stefan Szyller (4 September 1857 — 22 June 1933) was a Polish architect, and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. His most prominent works are examples of architectural Revivalism, especially in the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles.
Biography
Szyller was a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1881). During his studies he received awards from the Academy of Arts: a small silver medal (1878), a large silver medal (1879), a small gold medal (1880) for the program “Project of the City Council”, and a large gold medal (1881) for the “Project of the district court in the capital".
He moved to Warsaw in 1888), where he created about 700 Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque buildings, and restored many historical structures.{{sfn|Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts|1915|p=412}} Szyller was the chief editor of an architectural magazine and architect of the city of Warsaw.
Books
- Do we have Polish architecture? (1916).
- The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture (1917).
Works
File:Warszawa, Gmach Główny Politechniki Warszawskiej DZolopa 2022-08-18 090545 1159.jpg|The main building of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute (1899–1901)
File:Warszawa, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26, 28 20170517 001.jpg|Library and gates of the University of Warsaw (1899–1901)
File:Zachęta - budynek z oddalenia.jpg|National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (1900)
File:Church of Saint Marys Scapular in Druskininkai.jpg|Church of Saint Mary's Scapular in Druskininkai{{cite book |last1=Kucharska |first1=Jolanta |title=Ilustrowany przewodnik po zabytkach na Wileńszczyźnie i Żmudzi: Wileńszczyzna, Żmudź, Kowno |date=2004 |publisher=Burchard Edition |isbn=9788387654153 |page=48 |language=pl}}
References
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Literature
- {{cite book| author = С. Н. Кондаков | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url =https://dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01004180464#?page=417 | title = Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= |date = 1915 |publisher= |volume= 2 | page = 412 | series = | language= ru | ref={{sfnref|Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts|1915}}}}
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Category:19th-century Polish architects